Fool, fool, fool that I was to fall for you. Fool, fool, fool that I was to fall for you Oh what a fool I was, to think you could love me too. Well, the first time that I saw you, you looked so doggone sweet When you walked down the street, I said 'There goes my meat.' Fool, fool, fool that I was to fall for you Oh what a fool I was, to think you could love me too. I can't forget you darlin', though I'm left out in the cold. I guess I still love you, and will always feel the Same. Fool, fool, fool that I was to fall for you Oh what a fool I was, to think you could love me too.

It was just startin' to drizzle as I walked out the door But I've delivered papers in the rain like that before 3:30 in the morning, I was happy as a lark As I grabbed my bike and rode into the dark I peddled through the neighborhood, the weather on my mind The wind was pickin' up and howling louder all the time The sky churned like a cauldron and the distant thunder roared And I knew that I was in for quite a storm A little rain never hurt no one so I kept pressin' on And I tried to tell myself it's always darkest before the dawn Lighting struck an oak tree as I leaped off my bike The sirens started wailing but there was no good place to hide I knew without a doubt there was a twister touchin' down So I crawled into a culvert to wait it out The little bit of courage I had left was almost gone But I tried to tell myself it's always darkest before the dawn And then the nightmare started, it got deafeningly loud Every fiber in me screamed out but I couldn't make a sound The whirling of a vortex, a violent carousel It sounded like a freight train was draggin' me to hell And this was my prayer "Save me from this terrible nightmare" That was when I saw my family with my eyes shut real tight Would they know how much I loved them if this was how I died? No, I vowed I'd not be murdered by a monster in the sky that night But if I went home to heaven, at least that's where I'd belong Yeah, I tried to tell myself it's always darkest before the dawn So I kept tankin' on (Ooh ooh) (Ooh ooh) I kept tankin' on (Ooh ooh) The shadows slowly melted as I was hunkered down 'Til at last the worst was over, the storm was dying out I crept out of that culvert and I went weak in the knees 'Cause what I saw was a somber sight to see There was nothin' but destruction and wreckage in that town Cars were upside down and houses leveled to the ground A twisted trampoline was hangin' from the power lines I blinked a tear back 'cause I felt lucky to be alive And that was how I learned to live when you can run but you can't hide How to feel trapped in a tunnel but come out the other side 'Cause with all the stormy weather in the world you learn to take life one storm at a time You don't have to be afraid And now when there's bad weather on the way I stay calm And I keep hangin' on because it's always darkest before the dawn And I keep hangin' on I keep hangin' on

(*Boland, Roger Ray) [** feat. Robert Earl Keen:] The party's not over* It's just leaving town So don't be disappointed It's gonna come back around But who says that a good time Ends at the end of the night Oh the party's not over So don't turn out the lights There was a happening Had here for sure We've all got to be somewhere A few forgot where they were They don't stare if you stumble They don't care if you crawl They're sweeping up the broken glass And it's after last call The party's not over It's just leaving town So don't be disappointed It's gonna come back around But who says that a good time Ends at the end of the night Yeah the party's not over So don't turn out the lights Tomorrow morning May hurt like hell But it's going to be worth it As far as I can tell Cause I got me a woman She's all over me Sweet nothings in my ear I wander what it could be The party's not over It's just leaving town So don't be disappointed It's gonna come back around Who says that a good time Ends at the end of the night Yeah the party's not over So don't turn out the lights The party's not over It's just leaving town So don't be disappointed It's gonna come back around Who says that a good time Ends at the end of the night Yeah the party's not over So don't turn out the lights I said the party's not over So don't turn out the lights...

I refuse to spend the rest of my days trying to get away From all the things I did when I knew not what I had done O so young and tired and love was not an item My own bottle always refused to hear Them tell me not to stare into the sun This pornographic place told me a body was to be feared And then wanted at the same time Man, if you could figure how Feared because it was the pathway to the mortal sin And then wanted because we'll all be dust a Few short years from now. It's a broken hearted world that we inherit All we're told to do is sin and bear it For a little while, On the dark and dirty mile. It took awhile at least for me To live enough until I believed In none of what I heard and less than half of what I saw Mark the days have come and gone Some were lost and some were wrong On the way back home we'll figure out a place to place it all It's a broken hearted world that we inherit All we're told is to do sin and bear it For a little while, On this dark and dirty mile We're all family here on trial On the dark and dirty mile Finally I realized That knowledge better make you wise Or all the knots you learned to tie will leave you in a ball Helpless as when we were born Threaded bare and holy worn Out shivering as summer gives way to early fall It's a broken hearted world that we inherit All we're told is to do sin and bear it For a little while, On the dark and dirty mile We're all family here on trial On the dark and dirty mile

I got drunk by myself last night They say it's no way to make things right I just didn't have anything better to do The dog was asleep on the living room rug and I watched a show about crime and drugs Finished a bottle of bourbon until it was through I don't care that I can't sleep I'd just as soon stay up all week I might get some things done while others dream The heater broke and the room got cold And my knees and ankles say I'm gettin' older The phone finally rang but it wasn't for me Chorus: If everyone was together I guess no one would be alone Life's a lot of trade offs in the end Somewhere in the fields of heather The proud souls laugh and they love together Somewhere between passion and losing friends Sleep finally came but I woke up alone My head was next to the telephone I gave the sun a cussin' as I drew the shades One thing that always seems true That's when I'm hung over the sky is blue A rough night for me will make a hell of a day And I believe in ghosts and democracy And that each man should leave his legacy Be that mans work great or be it small I don't believe in everything like The designated hitter or that diamond rings Will make love last forever for one and all Cause if everyone should be together Why are some many left alone Life's a lot of trade offs in the end Somewhere in the fields of heather The proud souls laugh and they love together Somewhere between passion and losing friends Somewhere between passion and losing friends

We kept part and connected by the same stretch of road And I'm tired of packin' round this heavy load It started out a stream but then the levee fell When the rain maker had some extra seeds to sell Well I just thought id call and see what's going on Did the hill country flatten out since I've been gone Are the fields all painted up in red and blue Are you thinking of me the times I'm thinking of you Chorus Well I just wanna drink til I'm not thirsty And I just wanna sleep til I'm not tired I just wanna drive till I run out of money I don't wanna be no Romeo on the telephone wire Could we dream up a reason for a rendezvous The Yanks are in town and we got nothing to do You're neighbors are gone and you're feeling alone You can't kiss somebody on the telephone Did you go out last night and was it just a friend Would you care if I showed up there at 6: 00 am Drive all day with the top pulled down We could stay in all night or we could paint the town Chorus I guess I better go now it's getting too late There's a party downstairs and I thought I heard something break I bid you goodnight and hope to see you soon Maybe later on this afternoon Chorus

For reasons that don't matter, I was walking down the alley When I heard this music coming through the screen Without really thinking, I walked up to the window To a scene that felt just like a dream She was standing in the kitchen, her face turned towards the ceiling Her eyes were closed, but still they held the light And from a battered guitar came a sound like angels weeping For all those restless spirits in the night I don't know how long I stood there, but it felt like many lifetimes Before I felt her love float away Walking back down the alley, feeling so much better I knew that I could take another day Cause she was standing in the kitchen, Her face turned towards the ceiling Her eyes were closed, but still they held the light And from a battered guitar came a sound like angels weeping For all those restless spirits in the night And from a battered guitar came a sound like angels weeping For all those restless spirits in the night